After going through a difficult selection procedure, Jena posted on Instagram to share her delight about getting selected for the issue.
The 24-year-old actress and model exclaimed with excitement to her 272,000 Instagram followers that she was overcome with joy at the news.
She thanked everyone in an Instagram post by writing, “Thank YOU for the votes, the support, the reshares, even the hate. It all mattered.
“WE DID IT, baby! I feel incredibly honored to join my fellow Swim Search winners as one of the first rookies for the @si_swimsuit 60th anniversary issue.
She demonstrated putting on numerous bikinis in a video she released on Instagram before donning the coveted Sports Illustrated “Rookie” outfit.
She is one of seven “rookies” who will appear on the magazine’s pages in the year 2024.
She jokingly commented in her Instagram video, “A pair of heels altered Cinderella’s life… My life was revolutionized by this swimsuit,” she said, referring to her coveted rookie attire.A lifetime desire of Jena’s was to be included in the annual swimsuit edition, according to TMZ’s claim from the previous year that she had also entered the competition.
At the 2015 Masters, Jena and her husband met for the first time; they got married in June 2022. Crew Sims Koepka, their first son, was born in July of that same year. Golf is not a regular topic of conversation between the model and her husband, despite the fact that they first met at a golf event.
She nevertheless frequently attends Brooks’ tournaments, most recently the Ryder Cup where she expressed her gratitude for Brooks’ support and seeing his extraordinary talent in action.
“I love being able to support Brooks and watch him because he’s so talented,” she said. “He’ll say to me all the time: ‘It must be so boring walking around in the crowd watching me play.’ And I’m like, no way. I actually really enjoy it.”